space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
medicine; drug; chemical (agent); chemicals
to feel under pressure; to feel impatient; to be in a hurry
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
speculation; thinking; meditation
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
rain cover; tarpaulin; awning; taking shelter from rain
to join forces; to cooperate
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
shade; tone; tinge; hue; colour; color
raw metal; unprocessed metal; base metal (for plating); (one's) true character; (one's) true colors
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
sound of a gun; roar of cannon
to not take seriously; to take lightly
to fit (e.g. a pane into a frame); to set (e.g. a diamond); to plug in (to a formula); to entrap; to take (someone) in
counter for colours; color; colour; (outward) appearance; look; (facial) expression; face
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to bend; to warp; to curve
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
preceding paragraph; first part
several people; a few people
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
stopping functioning; being out of service
hours of operation (of a machine, etc.); uptime